Seventeen years after its introduction, the deadlock over the European directive on equal treatment remains(see EUROPE B13436A24). Meeting in Luxembourg on Thursday 19 June at the EU ‘Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council’ (EPSCO), the European ministers once again set out their positions on this text, which aims to guarantee protection against discrimination based on religion, belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.
While a large majority of Member...